Rosemont Avenue Elementary vs Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary

Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary ranks #363 out of 9,533 California schools, compared to Rosemont Avenue Elementary at #821 — a gap of 458 positions in the state rankings. That difference is reflected in their overall ratings: Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary scores 8.9/10 against Rosemont Avenue Elementary's 8.5/10, a 0.4-point gap driven largely by academic performance. Both schools sit well above the California median, but Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary's state rank places it in roughly the top 4% of all elementary schools in the state.

On academics, Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary leads with an 8.2/10 against Rosemont Avenue Elementary's 7.7/10 — a half-point difference that signals meaningfully stronger tested proficiency. Growth tells a different story: Rosemont Avenue Elementary scores 9.3/10 on growth while Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary posts a 9.9/10, meaning both schools are exceptional at accelerating students relative to their starting points, with Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary edging ahead by 0.6 points. Any family prioritizing year-over-year academic momentum will find strong evidence at both campuses, though Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary maintains the edge on both dimensions simultaneously.

Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with free and reduced lunch rates of 90% at Rosemont Avenue Elementary and 96% at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary. Enrollment differs sharply: Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary serves 454 students versus 160 at Rosemont Avenue Elementary, making it nearly three times larger. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 20.0:1 at Rosemont Avenue Elementary and 19.7:1 at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary — so the larger campus does not translate to meaningfully larger class sizes.

The two schools also differ in the grades they serve. Rosemont Avenue Elementary covers grades 2 through 5, meaning families with kindergarteners or first-graders must enroll elsewhere before transitioning in. Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary starts at kindergarten and runs through grade 4, offering a full early-elementary pathway from the first year of formal schooling. The schools sit 3.5 miles apart within Los Angeles, making geography a practical factor worth weighing alongside the academic and structural differences above.